Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

This tapestry is titled Fall of Troy: Helen boarding ship to return to Sparta, and is believed by the Getty Institute to have been...

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

This tapestry is titled Fall of Troy: Helen boarding ship to return to Sparta, and is believed by the Getty Institute to have been...

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Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

This tapestry is titled Fall of Troy: Helen boarding ship to return to Sparta, and is believed by the Getty Institute to have been...

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "We need a guide in unknown and uncouth parts, but in clear thoroughfares, and in open plains, only the blind stand in...

The Scandalous 10th-Century Kidnapping And Voyage of Thora Of The Embroidered Hand

  According to the semi-mythical 13th-century Icelandic text, Egil’s Saga, a woman named Thora of the Embroidered Hand lived with her brother, Thorir Hroaldsson the...

The Sibyl, By Willem Drost (c. 1633–1659)

This rather dark painting was created by the Dutch artist Willem Drost (c. 1633–1659). Drost was a pupil of the famous master painter, Rembrandt...

The Emblem Of Christ Appearing To Constantine, Painted By Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

This painting by the great Flemish artist, Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1577-1640), was inspired by the legend of Emperor Constantine seeing in the sky...

The Many Numbers Of Ferdinand the Catholic

Rulers in Europe have been naming themselves from the same small pool of names for thousands of years, and many dynasties do not shy...
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